National Quality Forum Issues Playbook to Make Shared Decision Making a Standard of Person-Centered Care
March 14 2018 - 8:59AM
Business Wire
Health Dialog Chief Medical Officer to join
shared decision making leaders at NQF workshop following release of
landmark playbook
Health Dialog, a leading provider of integrated population
health management solutions for health plans, risk-bearing
providers and self-insured employers, applauds the National Quality
Forum (NQF) and its National Quality Partners™ Shared Decision
Making Action Team for creating the, NQP Playbook™: Shared Decision
Making in Healthcare, which offers actionable solutions for
implementing shared decision making (SDM) in clinical practice. The
Playbook follows the NQF’s 2017 Call to Action to make SDM a
standard of person-centered care. On March 19, the NQF will host an
SDM workshop that includes clinicians from the some of the nation’s
most mature, successful SDM programs and Health Dialog’s Chief
Medical Officer Dr. Peter Goldbach.
SDM is a process by which providers/clinicians and patients work
together to make informed treatment decisions. It’s often supported
by high-quality decision aids, which provide patients with the best
clinical evidence about healthcare options as well as risks and
benefits while encouraging them to share their personal preferences
and values with their physician. Nearly two decades of data show
patients who use decision aids often choose less invasive care,
achieve better health outcomes, reduce healthcare costs and are
happier with both their care and their provider.
The Playbook reflects the work of the National Quality Partners™
Shared Decision Making Action Team, whose members represent
government, nursing associations, professional medical societies,
physicians groups, patient advocacy and leading healthcare
organizations. The Playbook provides actionable solutions to
overcome common barriers to shared decision making in clinical
practice. It follows the knowledge gained from twenty years of
real-world experience demonstrating SDM’s value in facilitating
patient-centered, cost-effective healthcare as well as the
compendium of research, policy decisions, legislation and
endorsement from national organizations, including:
- Dozens of studies showing the value of
SDM in delivering patient-centered care and better patient
experience across a variety of conditions and care settings.
- Endorsement from a wide range of
leading healthcare organizations including:
- American Hospital Association
- American Medical Association
- Institute of Medicine (now National
Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine)
- National Committee for Quality
Assurance
- U.S. Preventive Services Task
Force
- Legislation supporting the use of SDM
in:
- The State of Washington
- The Affordable Care Act
“We commend the NQF and its Shared Decision Making Action Team
for creating practical solutions for implementing SDM supported by
high-quality decision aids in clinical practice,” said Peter
Goldbach, M.D., chief medical officer for Health Dialog, an SDM
pioneer. “The NQF has assembled the highest quality evidence and
best practices supporting effective SDM. They’ve called for SDM to
be a standard of care and, with the Playbook, are helping care
teams address the issues around implementation. We applaud the
team’s efforts to expand the value of SDM to a larger group of
clinicians and even larger group of patients who can now benefit
from the high-quality, person-centered care SDM allows.”
Clinicians, care teams, patients and health care systems can
access the Playbook at the NQF’s web site (www.qualityforum.org).
The NQF workshop, “Using Shared Decision Making to Drive Population
Health Strategy,” will be held on March 19, 2018 in Philadelphia.
The workshop precedes the Thomas Jefferson University’s 18th
Population Health Colloquium. Clinicians, care teams and payers can
register for the NQF workshop at
https://populationhealthcolloquium.com/registration-onsite/
About Health Dialog:
Health Dialog is a leading provider of population health
management solutions. The company works with the nation’s largest
third-party payers, employers and providers to improve the health
and wellness of their members, employees and patients while
reducing costs and improving performance in key quality measures,
such as NCQA’s HEDIS and CMS’ Stars ratings. Health Dialog’s unique
capabilities include analytics, a patient portal, a multi-channel
coaching platform, shared decision-making tools and a 24/7 nurse
line. For more information, visit www.healthdialog.com. Health
Dialog is a wholly owned subsidiary of Rite Aid Corporation
(NYSE:RAD).
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